Michelle, Well that's great news! OMG you have a sick horse too? Your pets are lucky to have you looking out for them! I'll keep you posted on Brissle.
-Kyle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: Lucy doesn't need surgery (probably)! > Lucy had her 30 day x-ray today, a little early, and her bladder stone is > much, much smaller! So the plan is to keep her on the food (S/D) and the meds > (Clavamox, pred, and some Chinese herbs) and re-xray her in another 30 days. She > is urinating less frequently and with less blood, so I think she is more > comfortable (though she never really acted uncomfortable), but I was not allowing > myself to hope! The vet said "well, you deserve some good news every once in a > while." My horse Pepsi is doing worse, and I am still so grieved about > Simon, so I am not feeling as elated as I should, but I am feeling somewhat elated > and very grateful about Lucy. I was so scared that getting surgery would > trigger her virus. There is still a small chance that the stone will not continue > to dissolve all the way, because sometimes the outside is one kind of stone > and the inside is another, but it dissolved so much that the vet thinks this is > not the case with her. He thinks she had an infection and the stone built > around it, which happens sometimes, and which would make sense in her case > because she is positive and thus prone to infections and had never had crystals > before. > Michelle > >
